Every third potato is lost

Jede dritte Kartoffel geht verloren

Guest

According to WWF estimates, a third of the German potato harvest is lost every year on its way from the field to the plate. The WWF criticizes that this food waste is mainly due to the specifications of the trade, which "focus on the external beauty" of the tubers and make it more difficult to store them. http://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Jede-dritte-Kartoffel-geht-verloren-article19657307.html

Of course, Migros is not excluded from this either and sets its suppliers the same standards for fruit and vegetables! Does Migros intend to take a step forward in this area?

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Guest

Hello @kaktusdai

Thank you for your input. I'll clarify the matter with our experts and get back to you. Best regards, Tabi

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Guest

PENNY's "organic heroes" are setting a good example. The quality requirements were relaxed for selected products and more goods made it onto the market. The program is successful and should be emulated. http://www.blogspan.net/presse/wwf-bericht-ueber-die-kartoffel-nennt-penny-mit-bio-helden-als-vorreiter-bericht-beleuchtet-lebensmittelverluste-ueber-die-gesamte-lieferkette-anhand-der-kartoffel/mitteilung/1356622/

Hopefully Migros will soon join in to put a stop to food waste and adapt its standards accordingly.

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Guest

Hello @kaktusdai

I have now received feedback from our experts: we are operating in saturated markets with high purchasing power, only good quality will find buyers. Beautiful and evenly shaped fruit and vegetables in the retail trade are a clear customer requirement. Our society is very visually oriented, even when buying food. This is particularly evident in the case of fruit and vegetables sold on the open market. Customers always choose the most beautiful pieces from the packs. A "branched" carrot, for example, is usually left in the pack, even though it is of equally good quality. In our experience, customers will not buy anything that is visually unsatisfactory.

To prevent good products that do not meet the visual standard from remaining on the sales floor and ultimately having to be disposed of, we separate these products earlier and recycle them elsewhere (e.g. M-Budget offers or further processing by third-party suppliers such as http://mudasaft.ch).

Kind regards, Tabi

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